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2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in West Virginia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$8,552 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts School for You

General Visual & Performing Arts is the #126 most popular major in West Virginia with 23 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in West Virginia ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in West Virginia to see which ones offered the best value programs for visual arts students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in West Virginia

Check out the visual arts programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality in General Visual & Performing Arts

#1

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV
$9,144 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found West Virginia University to be the best value school for general visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a degree in West Virginia. WVU is a very large public school located in the city of Morgantown.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WVU are $9,144 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, WVU is ranked #5 for overall quality for visual arts in West Virginia.

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#2

Marshall University

Huntington, WV

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Marshall University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in West Virginia list. Located in the city of Huntington, Marshall University is a public school with a large student population.

Marshall University undergraduate students pay an average of $8,552 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Marshall University

Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 90
Virginia 255
North Carolina 73
Florida 945
Tennessee 57
Kentucky 52
South Carolina 19
Louisiana 39
Arkansas 5
Alabama 4
Mississippi 156

General Visual & Performing Arts is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts 37,413
Design & Applied Arts 36,301
Music 25,910
Drama & Theater Arts 17,341
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 16,778

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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